05235nam 2200697Ia 450 991081375590332120200520144314.01-281-01199-197866110119940-08-049753-5(CKB)1000000000364024(EBL)297054(OCoLC)162131491(SSID)ssj0000212644(PQKBManifestationID)11234928(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212644(PQKBWorkID)10139447(PQKB)11586387(Au-PeEL)EBL297054(CaPaEBR)ebr10180467(CaONFJC)MIL101199(MiAaPQ)EBC297054(EXLCZ)99100000000036402420060919d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNuclear energy in the 21st century the World Nuclear University primer /Ian Hore-Lacy1st ed.London World Nuclear University Press ;Burlington, Mass. Elsevierc20061 online resource (169 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-12-373622-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. Energy use; 1.1 Sources of energy; 1.2 Sustainability of energy; 1.3 Energy demand; 1.4 Energy supply; 1.5 Changes in energy demand and supply; 1.6 Future energy demand and supply; Chapter 2. Electricity today and tomorrow; 2.1 Electricity demand; 2.2 Electricity supply; 2.3 Fuels for electricity generation today; 2.4 Provision for future base-load electricity; 2.5 Renewable energy sources; 2.6 Coal and uranium compared; 2.7 Energy inputs to nuclear electricity; 2.8 Economic factorsChapter 3. Nuclear power3.1 Mass to energy in the reactor core; 3.2 Nuclear power reactors; 3.3 Uranium availability; 3.4 Nuclear weapons as a source of fuel; 3.5 Thorium as a nuclear fuel; 3.6 Accelerator-driven systems; 3.7 Physics of a nuclear reactor; Chapter 4. The "front end" of the nuclear fuel cycle; 4.1 Mining and milling of uranium ore; 4.2 The nuclear fuel cycle; 4.3 Advanced reactors; 4.4 High temperature gas-cooled reactors; 4.5 Fast neutron reactors; 4.6 Very small nuclear power plants; 4.7 Thorium cycle; Chapter 5. The "back end" of the nuclear fuel cycle; 5.1 Nuclear "wastes"5.2 Reprocessing used fuel5.3 High-level wastes from reprocessing; 5.4 Storage and disposal of used fuel as "waste"; 5.5 Disposal of solidified wastes; 5.6 Decommissioning reactors; Chapter 6. Other nuclear energy applications; 6.1 Hydrogen for transport; 6.2 Desalination; 6.3 Marine propulsion; 6.4 Space; 6.5 Research reactors for radioisotopes; Chapter 7. Environment, health and safety issues; 7.1 Greenhouse gas emissions; 7.2 Other environmental effects; 7.3 Health and environmental effects; 7.4 Radiation; 7.5 Reactor safety; Chapter 8. Avoiding weapons proliferation8.1 International cooperation8.2 International nuclear safeguards; 8.3 Fissile materials; 8.4 Recycling military uranium and plutonium for electricity; 8.5 Australian and Canadian nuclear safeguards policies; Chapter 9. History of nuclear energy; 9.1 Exploring the nature of the atom; 9.2 Harnessing nuclear fission; 9.3 Nuclear physics in Russia; 9.4 Conceiving the atomic bomb; 9.5 Developing the concepts; 9.6 The Manhattan Project; 9.7 The Soviet bomb; 9.8 Revival of the "nuclear boiler"; 9.9 Nuclear energy goes commercial; 9.10 The nuclear power brown-out; 9.11 Nuclear renaissanceAppendices1. Ionizing radiation and how it is measured; 2. Some radioactive decay series; 3. Environmental and ethical aspects of radioactive waste management; 4. Some useful references; Glossary; IndexThe onset of the 21st century has coincided with mounting scientific evidence of the severe environmental impact of global energy consumption. In response, governments and environmentalists on every continent have begun to re-evaluate the benefits of nuclear power as a clean, non-emitting energy resource. Today nuclear power plants operate in some 30 countries, and nuclear energy has become a safe and reliable source of one-sixth of the world's electricity. This base has the potential to be expanded widely as part of a worldwide clean-energy revolution. Nuclear Energy in the 21st CenNuclear energy in the twenty-first centuryWorld Nuclear University primerNuclear energyStudy and teachingNuclear power plantsStudy and teachingPower resourcesStudy and teachingNuclear energyStudy and teaching.Nuclear power plantsStudy and teaching.Power resourcesStudy and teaching.333.7924621.48333.7924Hore-Lacy Ian1708643MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813755903321Nuclear energy in the 21st century4097812UNINA